#237C79#237C79

#237C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.081 H 191.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237C79
RGB	rgb(35, 124, 121)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 2.4%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, -26.08, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 26.74, 192.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% -0.0795 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.081 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3504, 16.1518, 20.6049)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237C79 #7C2326

analogous

#237C4C #237C79 #23527C

triadic

#237C79 #79237C #7C7923

tetradic

#237C79 #4C237C #7C2326 #527C23

square

#237C79 #4C237C #7C2326 #527C23

split-complementary

#237C79 #7C2352 #7C4C23

monochromatic

#081D1C #164C4A #237C79 #30ACA8 #4DCDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#237C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#237C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237C79

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237C79	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 124, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.081 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da29f',
    500: '#237c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237c79;
$custom-light: #6da29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.978,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5349,
    "c": 0.08122,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237C79

secondary

#AF4C50

accent

#494EDF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF3F2

border

#C8CDCC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237C79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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